2 injured inside Armstrong County mine

Two miners were injured Monday afternoon while working 400 feet underground inside an Armstrong County mine.

Initial reports indicated a roof had collapsed at the Tracy Lynne Mine along Brownstown Road in Kiski Township, but a representative for the DEP clarified that a rock fell from a support beam and hit the miners.

The rock, which measured 3 feet by 9 feet, fell about 4 feet before hitting the men.

The miners were brought to the surface just after 6 p.m. after a rescue effort that began about an hour earlier.

Before families of the workers knew the identities of the two men injured, Heather Bowser prayed her husband, a coal miner here, was not hurt.

"I'm nervous because I don’t' know what's going on, nobody has come out yet and I'm sick to my stomach," said Bowser, who soon learned her husband was not a victim.

Police said one miner suffered a leg injury and the other suffered injuries to the ribs and back. The injuries are not believed to be life-threatening.

The miners were taken to Forbes Regional Hospital. Their names have not been released.

State and federal mine officials are investigating.

The mine is operated by Rosebud Mining Co. Its Vice President, Jim Barker, says his thoughts and prayers go out to the workers and the families as the workers recover in the hospital. Barker says work will not continue until the state and federal agencies give the greenlight for miners to go back inside. Barker says that could be "a day or two."

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